Solaris 11 ipmitool

[buzzd (Sebastian Horst)]

Hey all,

I was looking for a way to monitor ipmitool on Solaris11 systems. Unfortunately I didnt find anything neither here nor at google and started to look for the differences between the linux and solaris agent. Then I modified the solaris check_mk_agent and added the missing sections i found in the linux agent. I’m pretty sure its not a perfect solution but a working one.

I’d appreciate if a checkmk dev could check my way and first tell me if i can do anything better and second maybe include it into the future solaris agents. Makes it easier when i dont have to modify the agent each time i upgrade checkmk.

I did the following modification to the agent at “/usr/bin/check_mk_agent”:

1. I added after “section_statgrab()” (probably doesnt matter where to add):

section_ipmitool() {
    if inpath ipmitool; then
        run_cached "ipmi" 300 "echo '<<<ipmi:sep(124)>>>'; timeout 300 ipmitool sensor list | grep -v 'command failed' | grep -v '^[^ ]+ na ' | grep -v ' discrete '"
        # readable discrete sensor states
        run_cached "ipmi_discrete" 300 "echo '<<<ipmi_discrete:sep(124)>>>'; ipmitool sdr elist compact"
    fi
}

2. I added to the “run_partially_asynchronous_sections()”:

    # Hardware sensors via IPMI (need ipmitool)
    [ -z "${MK_SKIP_IPMITOOL}" ] && _log_section_time section_ipmitool

3. I executed “/usr/bin/check_mk_agent” and the agent created the cache files. A rescan on the host now shows the IPMI services.

[foobar]

Thanks for sharing!
Best chances with a PR on GitHub?
https://github.com/tribe29/checkmk/pulls

[buzzd (Sebastian Horst)]

Just did. I would love to see it in future solaris agents.